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* 9 feP 8 ¥ of tk ** $ &ttipM& * glowed with a genera us wirfl to s urpass each other in the number of their pupils , in the regulations , the saju pe nntendance , tbe patronage , accotntnodations and efficiency pf their humble seminaries .
That period , * said a late excellent raa ^ n ^ in 1788 , ufhich shall exhibit to the world so new and singular an appearance as a x ^ Tieir # r readers , in which
the labours of the present d $ y will frph&bty terminate , will , without do ^ bt , be regarded as an important era in the history of the country where it exists * if not of the woiid i , n general . "
This era seems now to be hasten ing by means of those more popular plans of education , of recent origin , which we owe , in the order ^ qf providence , to the skill or zeal of distinguished individuals . I shall not here take
part in the controversy respecting thejn . Let me only remark , that as education is one of the greatest blessings which man can bestow on man , it is happy when we unite on common principles , m conferring such a boon . This union enhances tjie value of the gift in the
eyes of those vrhp receive it ; just as the sense which the poor entertain of the present of a copy of Ike , Holy Scriptures , is heightened by their knowledge tbat itiscoipjn unicated to them thrpugh the joint benevolence ^ nd exert i ons of Christians of all denominations .
Let \ i& 9 for a moment , put £ ca ^ c which , I trust , will at po Yety distant time cease to be in ) a ? ginary : let us suppose that cyery mhabitiint of the united kingdom
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w $ , § in p pssessionr ot ttte art ^ m reaclliig * && ^ Htii ^^^ ^ 0 ^ t of the elements of niimb ^ rs . It it ' I evident that to tlie individualsI more and puretf soured of pl $ is ure would * be bpbii ^ a : ^ : li ^ WSti Fdt be enabled to nrtflte l d ifeise ktid
use&l application of th ^ ir ^ leisure ; sind / their stock of preservatives from ^ sio f ^ l 3 ea < l dekafci « g - ^ emm * tion ^ , -wowId he lArgef ; Anotl ^ f adv ^ iMge Wouia ^ be ? , ; ¦' % q u ^ lift ^ - tion for ^ innro ^ jjaeait in habit $ jof
attfetttion ja » d oi > 8 e 4 watiQiu VVjien the IbuM ^ efi is < mi& 4 &i # ; ilHfe bMUdifi ^ g may wftii ^ Ajpa ^ t ^ d ease be carried on and finist * e 4 ta almo&t any feeight . Evei-y steb of kriO
t&ken in the ro ^ d vfledge , wondejfoljy aids the Ji&vtfler jn fulfil 1 isg bis wishes &nd TeSc ^ i ^» , his destination . A furtEer ipeii ^^ ; § onal benefit that would be de | "iW 4 |( ^ from tfee prevalence of the popular \ methods of education , i 7 s a ? c ^ fii |« city for jHTQfitsbly atteiufinji tcy | £ | concerns and dutiejs pf . relSo ^ ti ^
There is a strict alliance betWi ^ u ^" ci vili ^ atjiou and this <^ i | w . Wfek iman is overwftelmtp || IHf ^ S ? depths af ignorance and t ^ fl ^ jftBi ^ he saunot b ^ le ^ intq &i > acquaitt *;' ;; tance i ^ idb invisibly an < f eteifin ^; objeets . A preparatory |> roc ^ $ Ue
m ^ t employed ^ Chris ^ i ^ ijtjr wa ? fir * t pubjifihed io"i tf ^ j ^ pj ^ ' epligUtiened ^ ge pf tfte ; j ^ hci ^ ix | world : | tnd we ^ ene ^ l y"futfL iU ^ l nothing is more fitted tp StftT ^^ f 4 igioae impressions op itfce : Jfefffi than the desire and the fooultV C ^ f reding the sacred v ^ iipjfe ^ *' w& Jf fMly , religion , in ^ ts tq ri ^ P % - xi ^ fee ? Afl ^ ecenicy aM fiwwSq ^ y which ar ^ $ o f ^ vourat > le Ip ai $ 1 && . ^ eptioat la ^ Pttt ^ * hcre | ht ^ re ; ?^ j ^^ i bi ^ ^ ie Msu ^ Ily ^ p the $ & $ : ^ eg ^^ ung indicatioas ol ^ v ^;; in tha&e where rt-fcaS ^ m «» ^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1814, page 146, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2438/page/10/
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